Police blotter - 4/24: Attempted robbery reported at Issis Oil

Three men attempted to rob the Issis Oil store at 12th and Cumberland streets in Lebanon early Monday, police said. Issis Oil was robbed at least four times since May.

When police arrived shortly after the 1:10 a.m. incident, a clerk told officers the store was empty when three men entered the store, police said. All three wore dark clothing and hooded sweat shirts with the hoods pulled tight or with masks to conceal their faces.

The men quickly approached the counter, police said. The clerk, believing he was going to be robbed, yelled at them, then went into the office area and locked the door.

The men then left without taking any merchandise, police said. The clerk did not notice any weapons, and the men did not speak to the clerk.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with further information is asked to call police at 717-272-6611.

Lebanon

Man accused of hitting

woman with frying pan

A Lebanon man was arrested for hitting his girlfriend with a frying pan on Monday.

Jonathan Torres, 24, was charged with simple assault, accused of injuring his girlfriend by striking her with a frying pan during a domestic dispute in the 100 block of South Fourth Street at 5:18 p.m. Monday, police said. The extent of the woman's injuries were not provided.

Torres was placed in county prison, police said, with bail set at $10,000.

Lebanon

DWELLING FIRE: City fire crews and First Aid and Safety Patrol responded to 506 N.

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Eighth St. at 10:35 a.m. Tuesday.

DOG-LAW VIOLATION: Evelyn-Vega Medina, 44, Lebanon, was charged with disturbing the peace by allowing her dog to bark continuously at 2:36 a.m. April 7, police said Tuesday.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT: A 16-year-old North Cornwall Township boy, whose name was not released, was charged with disorderly conduct and harassment for striking another boy during a fight at Eighth and Locust streets at 3:23 p.m. Friday, police said.

DUI: Douglas Kennedy, 51, North Cornwall Township, was charged with driving under the influence and reckless driving after his vehicle struck a residence at Fifth Avenue and East Lehman Street at 10:52 a.m. March 23, police said Tuesday. Kennedy's blood-alcohol level was 0.151 percent, above the legal limit of 0.08 percent.

RETAIL THEFT: Jasmine Corbett, 19, of 432 N. Sixth St., Lebanon, was charged with failing to pay for $55 in items at Walmart, 1355 E. Lehman St., on four occasions in January and February, police said Tuesday.

Cornwall

DOMESTIC ASSAULT: Travis Messersmith, 27, of 264 Rexmont Road, Apt. 1B, Rexmont, was charged with choking his wife and smashing a wooden door, with pieces of it striking a 1-year-old child, at 5:40 p.m. Sunday at his home, police said. He was arraigned at Lebanon County Central Booking and released on $2,500 bail.

THEFT: A yield-to-pedestrians sign was stolen from Route 419 near the Lebanon County Rail Trail. The sign, furnished by PennDOT and valued at $220, was discovered missing at 4:40 a.m. Saturday by a police officer on patrol.

HIT-RUN: Kyle Huber, 42 N. Sheridan Road, Newmanstown, told police his car was struck between 11 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. April 15 while it was parked in the maintenance lot of Cornwall Manor.

DEER STRUCK: Dean L. Cross Jr., 62, of 1043 Northgate Drive, Lebanon, was driving south on Route 419 near Alden Street when his car struck a deer at 8:47 p.m. Friday, police said. Cross was not injured. The deer fled.

CRASH: Carlos Solares, 35, Sinking Spring, Berks County, was charged with following another vehicle too closely after his vehicle struck the rear of a vehicle driven by James Sak, 71, of 4 Elizabeth Ave., Lebanon, at East Main Street and Forge Road at 7:58 a.m. Monday, police said. No injuries were reported.

North Londonderry

CRASH: Benjamin Cicchillo, 18, Palmyra, was charged with careless driving after his vehicle struck a parked vehicle owned by Palmyra Consultants Inc. about 7:38 a.m. Monday in the 1100 block of East Maple Street, police said. No injuries were reported. Cicchillo's vehicle was towed.

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